Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 185
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BDO USA launches cloud-based financial management and accounting service
BDO USA, an accounting and consulting organization, announced the launch of BDODrive, a new integrated solution for financial management, accounting services and tax compliance that provides clients with a real-time view of their business’s performance accessible anytime, anywhere on their laptop, tablet or phone.
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BasisCode insider trading solution helps detect suspicious trades
BasisCode Compliance, a provider of regulatory compliance software solutions, recently introduced the launch of Insider Trading Manager, new insider trading software that tracks and analyzes trading in real-time and detects suspicious trades.
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Tanium Comply simplifies endpoint security configuration compliance
Tanium, an endpoint security and systems management provider, recently launched its latest Tanium product module, Tanium Comply, intended to transform the lengthy and unreliable work of validating endpoint security configuration into an activity that can be done accurately in minutes, no matter how many endpoints a firm has.
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Zelis Healthcare names chief compliance officer
Zelis Healthcare, a healthcare information technology company, has named John Camperlengo, as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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Rumble in the Beltway: Warren demands that SEC chair be fired
More sparring: Joe Mont reports on the ongoing war of words between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mary Jo White that has reached a new apex, with a demand that President Obama fire the SEC chairman.
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Former SEC Associate Regional Director joins WilmerHale
Lorraine Echavarria, the former head of enforcement in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Los Angeles office, has joined WilmerHale's securities litigation and enforcement practice as a partner based in WilmerHale's Los Angeles office.
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The Nu Skin FCPA enforcement action reminds all of the cost of non-compliance
Tom Fox looks at the recent enforcement action against Nu Skin: a one-time bribe equals a one-transaction enforcement action.
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Wells Fargo CEO retires amid cross-selling scandal
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf called it quits on Thursday, retiring amid revelations that at least 2.5 million unauthorized accounts and credit cards were opened on behalf of unsuspecting customers. The hasty departure, however, says Joe Mont, may not satisfy his most vocal critics.
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FASB drops ‘step two’ of goodwill impairment testing
With simplicity wining over precision, FASB has decided it will do away with the onerous second step of the goodwill impairment test. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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Disclosure effectiveness gains traction and momentum
A host of private and regulatory groups are making big strides in improving disclosure effectiveness. Robert Herz has more.
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San Francisco, we have a problem
Richard Steinberg asks: If Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf had realized how big his problems were about to become, would he have acted differently?
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A gut-punch for the CFPB: Court rules independent director is unconstitutional
A 2-1 ruling by a judicial panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit says that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as currently composed, is unconstitutional. Joe Mont has more.
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Bankers expect big accounting change under CECL model
Bankers expect CECL, a new rule on how to reflect credit losses in financial statements, to produce big accounting changes. According to Tammy Whitehouse, some say it is the biggest change ever.
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Valvoline appoints chief accounting officer
Valvoline, a company that provides motor oil and automotive lubricants, said this week in a securities filing that it has appointed David Scheve as controller and chief accounting officer, effective as of Oct. 10.
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At PDVSA, the costs of corruption extend to bond swaps
Tom Fox explores anti-corruption lessons gleaned from Venezuelan national energy company Petróleos de Venezuela’s failed debt swap offer.
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Is Weatherford under another FCPA investigation?
A recent SEC announcement regarding a $140M penalty Weatherford paid to settle charges that it inflated earnings mentioned a continuing investigation. What’s curious, notes Tom Fox, is that those investigating are known for their work in FCPA enforcement.
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Was the GlaxoSmithKline FCPA resolution a missed opportunity?
Tom Fox questions whether U.S. regulators missed a chance to illustrate how they would give credit for anti-corruption prosecutions done by other governments in the case of GlaxoSmithKline’s China subsidiary’s recent FCPA resolution.
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Credit Suisse to pay $90M for misrepresenting performance metric
Credit Suisse has agreed to pay a $90 million penalty and admit wrongdoing to the SEC to settle charges that the company misrepresented how it determined a key performance metric of its wealth management busines. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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Baylor University names chief compliance officer
Baylor University has appointed Doug Welch, who has served as associate general counsel at the university since 2006, as chief compliance officer.
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Top CEO pay not always result of shareholder return
Joe Mont explores new research from The Conference Board that says CEOs at the nation’s top companies have landed atop the list of the 25 highest paid executives every year since 2012, a trend that may have little to do with the price of company stock.